discontent
Example Sentences
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But Maria Nichols unseated Paiz by recognizing deep discontent among administrators.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Analogous surveys of Russian adults haven’t been published to avoid drawing attention to the scale of discontent, according to reporting in Meduza.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
President Miguel Diaz-Canel acknowledged in an X post "the discontent our people feel because of the prolonged blackouts" after the early March outage.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
The alternative was bills rocketing and the "potential for blackouts, tipping people in poverty into not being able to pay their bills, even dying, and a winter of discontent".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
That is why there is so much time for the bubbling up of discontent.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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